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Documenting my work in progress. ODWE runs on the CKAN platform which provides an API that’s described here. So, let’s test it out (the dataset involved is temporary and so these links will eventually break) 1. Get a package list from ODWE : http://www.odwe.ca/api/3/action/package_list 2. Get a full JSON representation …

On Friday, I gave a short talk at the FAB Windsor event on May 2nd, 2014. And I mean, it was short. 5 minutes: 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds. Here are those slides and the words that I meant to say. Slides are available at : http://copystar.github.io/AbFAB14/ Presentation …

Inspired by today’s Globe and Mail article Governments ponder how to weather the next big storm, I thought I would take a look to see if I could find any flood maps for where I lived. I knew that in Ontario, floodplains are managed by the Conservation Authorities and from …